Although the terms "eczema herpeticum" and "Kaposi's varicelliform eruption" can be used interchangeably, a recent study defined eczema herpeticum (EH) as an HSV infection occurring as a ...

can lead to a very serious complication called eczema herpeticum. Infants and children with moderate to severe eczema are most susceptible to this skin infection, but eczema herpeticum can also ...

In four children (28%), parents had been increasing the amount and frequency of steroid cream application due to what was thought to be a flare-up of the eczema. These children all had widespread ...

His illness was diagnosed with disseminated HSV concurrent with underlying atopic dermatitis (i.e., eczema herpeticum). Within minutes of the Tzanck smear evaluation, our patient was given ...

Swab testing detected a herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 infection, confirming the diagnosis of eczema herpeticum (or Kaposi‘s varicelliform eruption). As the patient became increasingly ...